NTT Europe, a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), announced today that NTT Com’s Europe-Asia network is now connected to the Europe-Africa network of Internet Solutions, a subsidiary of Dimension Data, via a Network to Network Interface (NNI).

 

The NNI between NTT Com and Internet Solutions connects 31 cities across 12 countries in Africa including South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda and is one of the major steps in the partnership from NTT’s acquisition of Dimension Data.

 

Masaaki Moribayashi, managing director, NTT Europe, said: ‘To provide our customers with a global network and open up access to Africa, we needed to either ‘partner’ or ‘build’. Building would be a slow process and would not provide extensive in-country connectivity. Partnering with Internet Solutions meant the NNI was enabled in weeks, not months or years, and NNI provides a direct connection to key African regions for new and existing clients. We have mapped and tested our suite of MPLS products against the capabilities of Internet Solution’s network and will deliver identical high level of service across the IS backbone.’   

 

Glenn Maule, general manager EU, Internet Solutions said, ‘Working with NTT Com to expand Internet Solution’s coverage within Europe and particularly Asia is very exciting and beneficial to our client base. In South Africa, 85% of the Top 250 listed companies use IS backbone for internet connectivity and IPVPN. The demand to reach financial centres in other regions is increasing rapidly and we believe IS is now best placed as preferred partner to offer that service.’ 

 

In order to ensure clients based in Africa can access Asia quickly, the two organisations are currently investigating an additional NNI in the APAC area.

 

 

TAMMY DU PREEZ

Communications Manager

 

Tel: 087 365 7768

Tel: +27 (11) 575 7768

Fax: +27 (11) 576 7768​

tammy.dupreez@is.co.za